| History | |
| What is MALC | |
| Dr. Ruth Pfau Profile | |
| The Organisation | |
| Future Vision | |
| Networking | |
| Partners | |
| Glossary of Terms | |
| ELCP |
| HISTORY |  |
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| 1956 | Sr. Berenice Vargas visits McLeod Road Leper Colony | |||
| 1960 | Dr. Ruth Pfau arrives in Karachi and starts work in the Leper Colony in a wooden shed | |||
| 1962 | Number of Leprosy patients treated monthly exceeds 2,500 | |||
| 1963 | The shabby dispensary on McLeod Road shifts to an 80-bedded hospital in Saddar | |||
| 1965 | First batch of paramedical workers trained to diagnose and treat Leprosy. |  |
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| The Programme starts Leprosy control in Rural Sindh and NWFP | ||||
| 1967 | The Programme initiated Leprosy control in Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas | |||
| 1971 | The Programme undertakes Leprosy control in Balochistan | |||
| 1975 | Combined Leprosy-TB Programme started in AK |  |
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| 1981 | MALC gains recognition as National Training Institute for Leprosy Technicians | |||
| 1983 | Multi-Drug Therapy (MDT), the new treatment strategy introduced | |||
| 1987 | TB integrated with Leprosy in Northern Areas | |||
| 1987 | Primary healthcare for eyes initiated in Balochistan |  |
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| 1993 | Primary healthcare for eyes started in NWFP | |||
| 1996 | Leprosy is controlled in Pakistan. Prevalence below 1 new case per 10,000 populations | |||
| annually Programme embarks on Elimination phase | ||||
| 1997 | Primary healthcare for eyes initiated in Rural Sindh |  |
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| 2002 -20003 | MALC implements Triple Merger Strategy: Leprosy-TB- Blindness across Pakistan | |||
| 2005 | 52,450 Leprosy cases have been registered. Majority of them discharged from treatment as cured with an | |||
| average of +/- 1,000 new cases still being detected annually. MALC maintains a remarkable cure rate of 97% | ||||
| 2006 | MALC explores new avenues in Community Health and Community Development. | |||
